http://www.lizhamill.com/2008/08/04/the-jazz-vernon-duke-and-the-classical-vladminir-dukelsky/ A Common Listener, Keeping Still Music Sun, 05 Feb 2012 11:37:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 http://www.lizhamill.com/2008/08/04/the-jazz-vernon-duke-and-the-classical-vladminir-dukelsky/#comment-54 Liz Hamill Fri, 19 Sep 2008 18:37:42 +0000 http://www.lizhamill.com/?p=69#comment-54 @Janet It seems like New York was not the only "Tin Pan Alley" in the US. Baltimore, St. Louis, Detroit had music publishing houses too and player pianos pumping away. And George Gershwin was someone who was crossing over. I haven't read it yet -- but want to -- but Carol Oja's book "Making Music Modern: New York in the 1920s" addresses his significance in terms of crossing the sound barrier. We'll see...thank you for crossing those lines too. @Janet It seems like New York was not the only “Tin Pan Alley” in the US. Baltimore, St. Louis, Detroit had music publishing houses too and player pianos pumping away. And George Gershwin was someone who was crossing over. I haven’t read it yet — but want to — but Carol Oja’s book “Making Music Modern: New York in the 1920s” addresses his significance in terms of crossing the sound barrier. We’ll see…thank you for crossing those lines too.

]]> http://www.lizhamill.com/2008/08/04/the-jazz-vernon-duke-and-the-classical-vladminir-dukelsky/#comment-52 Janet B. Wed, 17 Sep 2008 14:46:18 +0000 http://www.lizhamill.com/?p=69#comment-52 Ah, yes! Those artists are still dear to my heart. I still have all those records. I also used to blast out (via radio in those days) The Blues, sung by some of the throatiest singers in E. St. Louis, IL and St. Louis, MO. This.......in ultra conservative O'Fallon, IL. I was so surprised my mother didn't put a stop to it; she was usually concerned about "what the neighbors thought". I was always kind of "on the fringe" with my musical tastes in the 1950s. I didn't know anyone my age who liked the music I did, or who drove down to E. St. Louis to buy BBQ ribs. This locality was very racist in those days. Ah, yes! Those artists are still dear to my heart. I still have all those records. I also used to blast out (via radio in those days) The Blues, sung by some of the throatiest singers in E. St. Louis, IL and St. Louis, MO. This…….in ultra conservative O’Fallon, IL. I was so surprised my mother didn’t put a stop to it; she was usually concerned about “what the neighbors thought”. I was always kind of “on the fringe” with my musical tastes in the 1950s. I didn’t know anyone my age who liked the music I did, or who drove down to E. St. Louis to buy BBQ ribs. This locality was very racist in those days.

]]> http://www.lizhamill.com/2008/08/04/the-jazz-vernon-duke-and-the-classical-vladminir-dukelsky/#comment-37 Liz Hamill Fri, 15 Aug 2008 21:43:48 +0000 http://www.lizhamill.com/?p=69#comment-37 But Mom, you didn't say anything about your rare June Christy and Chris Connor records. Or what about how you always brought home the latest Wilson Pickett, Amhad Jamal and Booker T and the MGs. What about Miles' Spanish period and your Sergio Mendez recordings? What about your insistence that we listen to the Rachmaninoff Preludes and your own playing of Debussy? Remember how we blasted Led Zepplin out the window? "Whole Lotta Love" in 12 inch speakers? It was a blast! Without you, none of what is written here would be, much less my very life. But Mom, you didn’t say anything about your rare June Christy and Chris Connor records. Or what about how you always brought home the latest Wilson Pickett, Amhad Jamal and Booker T and the MGs. What about Miles’ Spanish period and your Sergio Mendez recordings? What about your insistence that we listen to the Rachmaninoff Preludes and your own playing of Debussy? Remember how we blasted Led Zepplin out the window? “Whole Lotta Love” in 12 inch speakers? It was a blast! Without you, none of what is written here would be, much less my very life.

]]> http://www.lizhamill.com/2008/08/04/the-jazz-vernon-duke-and-the-classical-vladminir-dukelsky/#comment-36 Janet B. Tue, 12 Aug 2008 02:58:52 +0000 http://www.lizhamill.com/?p=69#comment-36 I'm so proud of the work my daughter, Liz, is doing. I hope others enjoy her writing, recordings, singing and playing as much as I do. She's come a long way since those days in Belleville and East St. Louis, IL and St. Louis, MO, Carlisle, PA......and The New England Conservatory in Boston, MA. My mom, her "Nana" would love her writings about Tin Pan Alley. Ah, how I miss the old days when she, with her talented sister, would mezmerize us family members with songs and guitar. One day we raced by car to Pittsburgh to hear Vladimir Horowitz; I don't know how it happened but we got front row seats right in front of this genius-pianist. Then there were the days of "the blues", jazz and the hot music of the "70s, in particular. Now she is far away in southern Brazil (I'm in Central Pennsylvania), using her vast musical background to present sacred teachings and music to the world. May this work benefit all peoples of the world. Most of all........enjoy it all. I’m so proud of the work my daughter, Liz, is doing. I hope others enjoy her writing, recordings, singing and playing as much as I do. She’s come a long way since those days in Belleville and East St. Louis, IL and St. Louis, MO, Carlisle, PA……and The New England Conservatory in Boston, MA. My mom, her “Nana” would love her writings about Tin Pan Alley. Ah, how I miss the old days when she, with her talented sister, would mezmerize us family members with songs and guitar. One day we raced by car to Pittsburgh to hear Vladimir Horowitz; I don’t know how it happened but we got front row seats right in front of this genius-pianist. Then there were the days of “the blues”, jazz and the hot music of the “70s, in particular. Now she is far away in southern Brazil (I’m in Central Pennsylvania), using her vast musical background to present sacred teachings and music to the world. May this work benefit all peoples of the world. Most of all……..enjoy it all.

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